Because there is always more than one per customer

Purpose of the dictionary, at least those printed before PC, is to assist imparting accurate information. Otherwise you end up with words like decimate which means kill one tenth somehow changing to mean slaughtering everything in sight. Or unalienable and inalienable being used interchangeably. What need of handcuffs if you can chain the words?

I'm not getting in the middle of that discussion. I only stated it to light a match and watch the burn rate of the explosion. On the other hand if you read the Constitution no where does it ban women from being drafted. Only gives age requirements for men.Reason for that was understood in those times. Cannon Fodder went to war and Baby Factories stayed home and produced the next generation of Cannon Fodder. Sure enough by the time Kuwait rolled around the mothers of that generations soldiers were among the first flag wavers. For a while. Most had never heard of the Fish Cheer. I'll have to do a piece on conscription one of these days. I was Infantry the Queen of Battle, The King of Battle is the Artillery. In my case they always missed. Who owns my body? I think it's the IRS.

Only three things in life are certain and all have a common factor. Birth, Life, and Death. One per customer.

Old Testament and a follow on from it's predecessor Judaism and it's successors the New Testament and the Koran. Given as a historical background for much of the world who are or claim to be People Of The Book. The ninth in size and last in that thread to use a modern phrase of monotheistic religion the Bahai's shy away from either word and it's usage. Those who don't understand the past are doomed to repeat it's failures. The failure is in false translations. A new example of that would be balanced budget with a surplus. Sure enough that twisted sentence doomed the next generation to witness yet another failure. Found that out by asking a Minister an old high school friend. Unlike me he can do chapter and verse. He also pointed out that some of the permissables such as stoning adulterous wives no longer exists in part of the world but is alive and well in other parts.

suiI looked at the cost which about the same as I pay for daily enhanced local on and off shore weather and ponied up. In pre Bush Obama value it's about $2 a month. Well worth it. But I had to check the budget even for the amount and then decided on monthly.b

OK the hard one abortion.

The first two trimesters is a fetus. At some point it becomes developed enough to be he or she and at another point if a preemy has a better than fifty fifty chance of living if delivered and subsequently living a productive life. Fetus becomes Viable. At that point I draw the line because viable means the developing infant, unable to care for itself, is a citizen of the country and like any citizen deserves protection - cannot be executed without due process. At that point taking the life of the citizen as with any citizen is different than fetal abortion. Where ever that line is drawn. If not protected by the civil rights we, or at least we used to, enjoy it's straight up murder. End of conversation.

thou shall not commit murder is the proper quote. Not thou shalt not kill. "To paraphrase ....god gave to the State the right to take human life in defense of the nation and....a number of other permissables.... Absent that sanction it's a crime. I stray into religion there but most monotheistic religions are big on protecting children.

That is my own opinion after much thought and application of a moral philosophy and the application was more the product of reason and application of the entire Constitution than, for example religious teachings.

What I find particularly barbaric is killing the new citizen at the moment, the second of birth and in a particularly brutal way which makes the reported Chinese use of a soft spot needle of formaldehyde far more acceptable.

To the point once the initial line of viable was crossed the so called late term abortion, absent any acceptable medical reason which does not include fitting into a prom dress, should garner the doer's family with a bill for the bullet.

Bluntly put. Works for me it's not everyone's solution nor should it be.

The remainder of the reasoning is fairly common but I also help support two orphanages in my present community and pay education tuition for two preparatory students and one university student.

To the extent I am able to do so.

Your answer for your own self cannot come from anywhere but your own evaluation and your own morals, values, and standards. No one else can do it for you. Not a village and certainly not a government. From individual free choice.

Whatever your belief system from wherever it is derived Moral Philosophy properly applied will serve to support that which is valid or cause change that which isn't. Instead of follow the leader you become your own leader.

One last comment. Why is it only the woman's right to choose? And if so why should the man pay the costs? Difference between a true relationship or marriage or what term you use and a momentary convenient excuse. Some one else can rocket science that question.

End of opinion on a difficult subject.